Update: I was unfortunately not aware of Shamus Young's severe criticism of Fallout 3 available here to link in the original piece and I regret that. It dovetails rather nicely with what I've written and it's much better executed than my piece. I strongly recommend anyone...

GearGrinder Screenshots

Dueren, May 26th 2009 – Headup Games, a recently founded and independently financed publishing company for core PC titles located near Cologne in Germany is proud to announce its second project for this year to be GearGrinder, a bone crash-ing action/arcade racing-game.

Buckle up and enjoy fully motorized mayhem with GearGrinder, the new incarnation of an underrepresented genre of arcade racing action. Take full control of your power-ful truck, mounted with the most devastating weapons available, malicious mines and more nifty gadgets, and complete over 45 versatile and thrilling missions, leaving a trail of devastation wherever you go. Need something extra? Just transform your ve-hicle from combat to racing mode, deploy your jet engine and smile at your oppo-nents while they watch your rear light disappear in the distance. With destructible race environments ranging from shabby industrial circuits and cramped city tracks to the most gorgeous countryside, multiplayer modes for up to 8 players (LAN) and a thrilling story about a lot of money, hunger for power, corruption and friendship, GearGrinder will trigger the surge of adrenalin every man needs at regular inter-vals…

Features
• Adapt to any situation: Transform your truck from racing to combat mode in an instant
• Countless primary and secondary weapons, mines, engines, structures and other tuning options to unlock
• Including mini games for great stress relief: Slalom, Bowling, Arena and more
• Multiplayer-modes (LAN) for up to 8 players